Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-07
RAMRLEs ABOUT EUROPE.
From England to Egypt Especially for
the Eagle.
NO. TX.

| AoNDo>, Lug, y Wy y, 1907.
The day of jubilee has come and gone.
I think have heard that phrase ''day OF
Jubilee" before 1t had a significance
under the law of Moses, scarcely under
stood in this day and age of the world.
The imprisoned were set free and old debts
were Cancelled. There was day of jubi-
lee in our own country once upon time,
when good old Father Abraham carried
| into effect little scheme of his own not
even codifed in Moses law. The civiliza-
ton of mankind was not yet ready when
the great lawgiver wrote the Penteteuch.
1t remained for man, a simple Illinois
lawyer, almost worthy to set in Moses
seat-not year of jubilee, but day that
should open, metaphorically, the prison
houses and let four millions of an enslaved
race Free In all the gilded pomp and
ceremony of this day when kings queens
and princes have passed amidst great en-
thusiasm, in review before multitude
such as has never been assembled in any
age of the world, there was no individual.
crowned or uncrowned, that could
stretch forth a hand and say, have
mande ye freemen. AS l sat and
viewed this grand pageant and pondered
these thoughts, whilst the acclimation of
of loyal subjects filled the air. 1t was
glory enough for me to rejoice in the fact,
that was a countryman of the great
simple-hearted emancipation. 1t was re-
muneration enough, laying aside all other
emoluments and honors as reward for
services rendered. That 1 should have
lived to be one of the humble instruments
whereby the day of jubilee accorded to the
colored 1ace. IF our own land was made
operative. To the English people this has
unquestionably been the proudest day in
the history of their country. Other great
events have been celebrated with perhaps
greater pomp and ceremony. The people
have assembled in these same streets by
thousands with hopeful hearts to cheer a
king or Queen upon their coronation
day, but there was always mistrust present
in some degree. The millions that turned
out today were actuated by common i'm
pulse made up largely OF a feeling of
thankfulness to her majesty, who for so
years had held the sceptre bene6cently
over them. There was no rod that smites,
to kiss. There was nowhere any demon
stration but those of love and reverence
for the old Queen. When she
assumed the responsibilities of
government the authority invested in her
extended, outside of these islands, over
!, 100 square miles. In the present year it
is eight times as great. In 1887 when she
was crowned, her subjects beyond the sea
numbered little over 80, 900. They now
exceed 275, 900. Englands external trade
in round numbers was 100000. 1t is
now more than three billions. Even a
brief retrospect of the advance of arts and
sciences during the period. No matter if
instruction might prove tedious and l will
therefore leave it to your own research or
Imagination and pass on to the actual &C.
currences of today.
AS you might suppose, the whole city
has. been on the qui-vive for the last week.
Every jackleg carpenter, or to use the
wild western nomenclature. wood butch
er" that could be induced to tamper with
Ratchet and saw had been set to work i'm
proving seats along the route of the pro-
cession. These were all putt if clumsily
at least of great strength and duly in
spected by the authorities, hence no &C.
cidents have happened from this fruitful
source, generally speaking, of man traps.
Yester day rode along the route to
take in the decorations. In this particular
measured with the effort of San Francisco
last year on the occasion of the Grand
Army encampment it was so far inferior as
not to be mentioned in the same breath.
There was no arches worthy of the name
and the display of bunting was not nearly
so profuse, nor were the decorations SO
designed. l was greatly sur
prised at the frequency of the stars and
stripes. Scarcely a large building but
what exhibited one or more of our colors.
Quite, number of buildings made no pre-
tense of displaying any other colors, and
the American exchar ge was completely
draped in them. AS late as four years ago,
1 am told, they would not have been toll
Grated. How she spreads9 We have been
having Queens weather" here for the last
two weeks and that of today has been no
exception. 1t was simply delightful.
Many people in the city did not retire at
all last night in order that they might be
first on the ground to secure an eligible
site. Fearing blockade that would rem
der it hazardous in reaching the location
of our reserved seat, We made an early
start, and h ad the felicity of holding our
chairs down for full six hours.
l have never seen such masses of people in
my life before, and never expect to again.
The route over which the procession was
to move. as before stated, was from Buck
ingham Palace to Westminster Abbey-a
matter of three miles say. The entire
roadway was kept clear by a Gordon of sol
diers on each side, those at street intersec-
tons being composed of cavalry. There
was regiment of infantry called the
Scotch Grays, uniformed in the Highland
whose martial bearing, individual